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TQ ALL WHOM IT MAY CONQERN:

v-B'e it known that I, ,CHABLEeLL VAN EPS, of Farmington, in the countyof' Cedar, have invented certain new and 'useful improvements in theVibrating Gate; and vif dohere followingis a'full, elear, n.ndvex,a ctdescription thereof, reference beinglmd4 to the accom marking part ofthis specification, and tothe letters of reference markedv thereon,ylike'let't "parte wherever they occur. v A

" To enable others skilled in the'art to construct z'md'use myAinvention, Figure 1 is lan ismetyicxtl-view of my invention;

Similar letters -ofeference indicate corresponding parts in the saidfigure. l a the long post, Ir the shorttpost, c thegates, dthe'vihrating bers,` secured to beam e, "endY bottom bar of gatesf. g isthe latch secured to the outside vibrating bar, with bolts for thepurpose of holding gatesvopen, as hown at eepitulletter A.v Each gateishung upon twovibrating here, which vhang perpendicular when the g/atesare closed; end the gates, when they are to be open ed,ore raeed up fromthe ground and swingor slide andstateoi Iowa, by declare that thepanying drawings, ers indicating like 1 'will proceed todescribe it.

WhtI claiml as new, is-k l V v The manner in which the gates c are hungby the means of vibrating/bars i being attnchedto beam e and bottoinlban' of gatef. I 5 Y I also claim the latch a for the purpose ofholding the gute open. ee herein set forth.

C. H. VAN EPS.

Witnesses:

G. CABLE, L. 3., CLARK.

